I just had an idea. My bot Reports Bot is always in need of updates and minor maintenance, and I think GSOC could be good for people interested in working in Python. But I don't want to propose something if it would be too much work for the person doing it. Is there guidance on how complex/major these tasks and projects can or should be?
On Feb 27, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Srishti Sethi ssethi@wikimedia.org wrote:
Wikimedia got accepted among the 201 organizations in the Google Sumer of Code (GSOC) 2017 https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/!
We are trying to make it easier for prospective students to choose a project idea and get started. And, so we are considering to showcase a bunch of project ideas on the MediaWiki GSOC page itself: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017.
Help us by mentoring a project from here:
- Check out the tasks in the '*Missing Mentors*' and '*Almost Ready to
be Mentored*' column on Possible-Tech-Projects https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/possible-tech-projects/ workboard.
- Check out the ''*Wishlist 11-30 (needs owner)*" and *"Wishlist 31-50
(needs owner)"* column on the Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2420/ workboard.
- Any portion of your project, which needs some support, would be a 2-3
month long project for a beginner and overall a good learning experience.
If you are interested in mentoring a project, add " *Outreach-Programs-Projects*" and "*Google-Summer-of-Code (2017)*" tag to the corresponding task on Phabricator. We will follow up with you from there.
If you are looking for design, and documentation related projects to mentor, we are participating in the Outreachy https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_14 program as well in parallel to GSOC. Add "*Outreach-Programs-Projects*" and "*Outreachy (Round-14)*" tag to a task you are interested in mentoring.
Email me if you've any questions, happy to help!!
Cheers, Srishti
-- Srishti Sethi Developer Advocate Technical Collaboration team Wikimedia Foundation
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